Ronald Koeman was praised for his swift summer recruitment but his failure to replace Everton’s most important departing player shows the pitfalls of judging a team’s health on their transfer activity An ancient cliche was conspicuous by its absence when Everton’s owner, Farhad Moshiri, gave Rona...

After receiving a vote of confidence, the Dutchman must use the international break to turn round a disjointed side which veers between defeated and dull From the biggest investment in Everton’s history to a vote of confidence in the manager by 2 October . This season was always liable to test Ro...

• Dutchman handed vote of confidence after Sunday’s home defeat to Burnley • Majority shareholder Moshiri: We have great fans and they deserve better Everton’s majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri has offered his “total support” to manager Ronald Koeman and insisted they will recover from a slow s...

Today’s fluff is dusty Perhaps because he’s a thrill-seeker who gets a buzz out of flirting with the sack, Ronald Koeman will turn to Andy Carroll to transform Everton from a sorry stodgy mess into a high-energy total-footballing pressing machine. Because if one man personifies the words high-ene...

Everton’s defence has gone walkabout, Swansea and Southampton are serving up stodgy fare and Antonio Conte may rue being in a tougher league than Serie A Chris Hughton, the Brighton & Hove Albion manager, said it all when he highlighted how his team had not been “out of sight” against Arsenal, ju...

• ‘We never miss the players who are injured; it’s a moment for others to step in’ • Juan Mata lauds side’s greater efficiency and Romelu Lukaku’s contribution José Mourinho said he has complete trust in all of his Manchester United players after his side crushed Crystal Palace 4-0 for a fifth co...

• Dutchman says players are working hard and results will come • Wayne Rooney ‘accepted’ being demoted to substitutes’ bench Ronald Koeman claimed his future as Everton manager should not be questioned despite his expensively-assembled side suffering a fifth defeat in eight matches with the 1-0 h...

Ronald Koeman said it would take four consecutive home wins for him to enter the international break with a smile. He goes into it with a grimace , under pressure and no closer to a solution for Everton’s regression after a summer investment of almost £140m. Burnley, for a fraction of the cost, m...

Everton spent £130m in the summer but recent results have been poor and the pressure is on the manager and team to perform against the Turf Moor side Ronald Koeman told reporters in midweek that he was not prioritising either of his club’s forthcoming fixtures in the Europa League and the Premier...

The home draw with Apollon Limassol drew the same criticisms for Ronald Koeman that have been around all season and which last Saturday were masked by Oumar Niasse’s late goals against Bournemouth. Thus, for most, the pacy Ademola Lookman and Kevin Mirrallas cannot start soon enough. The defence...

• Apollon Limassol score late equaliser after going down to 10 men • Graham Potter’s Ostersund stun Hertha Berlin in Sweden Ronald Koeman delivered a scathing assessment of Everton’s Europa League draw against Apollon Limassol as he accused his team of being scared to play football and being “in...

Europa League group updates from the 8.05pm BST kick-off Live scoreboard: all Thursday’s latest scores and results And feel free to email Jacob or tweet him here , if you fancy 7.20pm BST Everton make three changes to the team that beat Bournemouth on the weekend. Jonjoe Kenny replaces Cuco Marti...